On the first day of the new year, a major event is the test flight of China Eastern Airlines' world's first C919 large passenger aircraft. The first verification flight today is flight number MU7809, from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Air

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On the first day of the new year, a major event is the test flight of China Eastern Airlines' C919, the world's first large passenger aircraft. The first verification flight today is flight number MU7809, from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Airport . CCTV reporter Chen Qiao from Shanghai Hongqiao Airport came with everyone to witness the first flight of C919 in the new year.

CCTV reporter Chen Qiao: first greets everyone from the air traffic control tower of Shanghai Hongqiao Airport: Happy New Year! Today's verification flight of the world's first domestically produced large aircraft, C919, officially started at 8:30 am. This is the ninth verification flight of C919 since December 26, 2022, and it will also make its first flight in the new year of 2023. It is understood that the C919 will undergo a total of 100 hours of verification flights.

Verification flight and certification inspection to ensure a safe and comfortable ride

On the first day of the new year, a major event is the test flight of China Eastern Airlines' world's first C919 large passenger aircraft. The first verification flight today is flight number MU7809, from Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport to Beijing Daxing International Air - DayDayNews

The verification flight is mainly to verify the airline's ability to safely operate the C919 aircraft. The domestic large aircraft C919 is a brand new model. Some people use its R&D application as a vivid metaphor. R&D and manufacturing are the “first half”, and transitioning to commercial operations is the “second half”. Completing the airworthiness certification and obtaining the certificate issued by the Civil Aviation Administration of China marks the successful end of the first half. Whether the "second half" can start smoothly depends on the 100 hours of empty aircraft verification flight and the certification and inspection of the verification results by the Civil Aviation Administration of China. As the first user, and China Eastern Airlines will also provide the large amount of data and operational support experience accumulated by verification flights to relevant departments to help the new aircraft model continue to be optimized and improved.

Some experts pointed out that the development of civil aviation is a barometer of a country's economic development. The ratio of civil aviation to tourism, manufacturing and other related industries has reached 1:8. The prosperity of the civil aviation industry marks the strength of a country. We look forward to seeing the large aircraft produced by our country put into commercial operation as soon as possible. I wish that the country’s economic development will be like our big airplane—flying higher and getting stronger.

editor Chen Yanting

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